Apparatus for siphoning or drawing off water



(No Model.) W. e. TAYLOR. APPARATUS FOR SIPHONING OR DRAWING OFF WATER, STAROH, LIQUOR,

AND IMPURITIES PROM TUBS 0R TANKS.

No. 247,433. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W. GLENN TAYLOR, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

APPARATUS FOR SIPHONING 0R DRAWING OFF WATER, STARCH-LIQUOR, AND IMPURITIES FROM TUBS 0R TANKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,433, dated September 20, 1881.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. GLENN TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Siphoning or Drawing 01f Water, Starch-Liquor, and Impurities from Tubs or Tanks, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for siphoning or drawing off water and starch-liquor, and freeing the said starch-liquor from all impurities. I attain these objects by means of the apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of tub with dischargecocks, sample-cocks, and a bearing-01f trough at the bottom. Fig. 2 is an elevation of same, showing movable hose. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same, showing bottom valve.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Ais a tub of any shape desired. B is a valve in bottom of tub A. O is a lever, with cord attached, for operating valve B. D are discharge-cocks in the tub A. E are test or sample cocks in the lower part of the dischargecocks D. F is a movable hose with a funnel at top, that can be attached to any of the discharge-cocks D by means of the strap G. H is a trough in the floor, through which the water, starch-liquor, or the impurities may be drawn ofl, as desired, to a receptacle prepared for the purpose.

A portion of the starch-liquor, after undergoing the nsual process of maceration in alkaline solution, is placed in the tub A with a certain proportion of water, as desired. Itis then agitated and allowed to stand long enough for the starch, bran, fiber, &c., to begin to settle to the bottom. The water is then drawn ofl' from the top, as the material settles, by means of the discharge-cocks D. The proper time for drawing off the water is ascertained by drawing a small portion of the liquid through the test or sample cocks E. After the water first added is drawn oft, more water is let into the tank A and the whole mass agitated again, and as the impurities settle to the bottom of the tub (the time of which settling is shown by samples taken from the sample-cocks E) the starch-liquor is drawn off from the top through the dischargecocks D, movable hose F, and trough H into a reservoirprepared forit. This process is repeated until all impurities are removed from the starch-liquor. The bran and other impurities remaining in the tub are then drawn off through the valve B.

This process of starch -making is known among starch-makers as siphoning, and other starch makers draw the starch liquor from the tub by means of a siphon or through holes in the tub, stopped by plugs.

By the use of my improved apparatus the operation of starch-making can be performed much more rapidly and economically than by the old methods of siphoning or by drawing off through holes with plugs, and prevents any loss of the starch-liquor.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination and arrangement, in a tub or tank, of the discharge-cooks D, test or sample cocks E, movable hose F, and strap G, valve B, and lever O, for siphoning or drawin g off water, starch-liquor, and impurities from a tub, as set forth in the foregoing specification.

W. GLENN TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

GEORGE Fox, A. LESLIE DUVALL 

